Feb252008
PT Loser
Filed under Uncategorized by telegraph photo staff at 7:35 pm
So I purchased a 4×4 truck after getting sick of all the New England
snowfall this winter. I’ve always wanted a Toyota truck after the end
scene in the movie Back to the Future. Ever since, I had been an in
the closet truck lover. I finally found an excuse to bite the bullet
and find a nice little truck. I looked for weeks and finally found one
in in Salem, Mass. It was last Wednesday I drove it home. So elated
on my find, I was ready to conquer the snow. However, I never had the
slightest inkling how my Michael J. Fox hopes would come to a swift end.
I was driving in Exeter, N.H. on a residential road saw a plow truck
up ahead. I was traveling a cautious 20 mph and thought nothing of the
passing. I could see him and he could see me, so I thought. Then in an
instant he floored it backwards as I was passing his salt and sand
spreader and SMASH!, POW!!, BIFF!!!, ZORT!!!! KABLAMO!!!!! like a
scene from the campy 60’s Batman show, my new silver 4×4 hopes were
dashed in seconds. I had no time to even alert him with my horn. It
was a definitely a brace-for-impact moment. The windshield crushed and
the passenger side glass shattered as I was tossed about five feet
sideways. I sat gripping the wheel as the other driver left his
vehicle and asked, “Are you okay?” In my mind I thought, “Just a
broken heart.”
In the wake of the aftermath I’m dealing with insurance claims and a
rental car driving a PT Loser, I mean cruiser.
I wonder when the snow will end? I hear Miami is nice this time of
year *sigh*
Corey Perrine
Nashua Telegraph/Staff Photographer
P.S. This photo was taken with my camera phone please excuse the
excessive grain.
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